Help! Overclocked GTS as default !?

[foxymophandlemama]

I just bought a powercolor Powergene GTS 32 MB. I know GTS should have 200/333 Clock, but mine set 200/365 as default. First I didn't know, until I ran 3dmark2001 and got lots of artifact, then I checked the clock speed and was surprised to see 365. The artifact didn't disappear when I underclocked it to 333, so I returned it to get new one. This time I set it to 200/333 everytime I boot up using Rivatuner.Everything works like a charm.
What's wrong with this card? How can it be overclocked by default? And is it safe to underclocked it to 333 everytime I boot up?

Thx in advance.

 

[RobsTV]

I run my 32 meg GTS at 225/395 without any artifacts.
At 396 and above is the only time artifacts appear.
This with stock cooling, and nothing additional added.

 

[foxymophandlemama]

225/395 With stock cooling? That's very impressive!
Maybe it's because I live in a tropical country, or maybe powercolor used cheaper components. What really bugs me is that why is it 200/365 by default? I never overclock anyway, so can I make it 200/333 by default? Is there someway to do this?

 

[RobsTV]

Tropical here as well..
Where I'm at in Florida, normal room temp is about 80f with AC cranking.
Motherboard system temp hangs around 40c, and CPU at around 55c.

225/395 is what I use for benchmarking only.
Just to be safe, for normal use it's turned down to 215/365.

Looks like you might have a Pro card, or it thinks it's a Pro card.
I think they default to 200/365?
EDIT: nope, pro is 200/400

 

[foxymophandlemama]

Thx for the fast reply,
Maybe it's just powercolor bad components, I heard it has 6ns memory. Anyway, I got it cheap and it has TV out, so I'm pretty satisfied. I'm just worry that it wont live that long since it keeps changing clockspeed everytime I boot up.
Can it be my AGP slot on my mobo or someting?

 

[RobsTV]

Take a look at powercolor's page:
PowerGENE CGTS2 --- nVIDIA GeForce 2 GTS

"Built-in 32MB/64MB high speed 366Mhz DDR memory
clock utilising 5.5ns DDR memory provides up to "

So 366MHz looks like what it is supposed to be at.
If you are getting artifacts, it could be caused by
something else, like a Bios setting. You should be
able to overclock this card higher than the 395 I
am getting, and perhaps hit 425MHz!

6ns DDR ships at 333MHz.
5.5ns DDR ships at 366MHz.
5ns DDR ships at 400MHz.

BTW, my Visiontek card has 6ns Infineon memory chips.

 

[foxymophandlemama]

whoa, so 200/365 is the default settings. Thanks for the help Rob!

 

[sash1]

<< whoa, so 200/365 is the default settings. Thanks for the help Rob! >>


If the memory speed varies, it's because of the memory speed (4ns, 6ns, 7ns, 5.5ns, etc.). Each speed of memory runs at a different speed, so don't be worried/frightened by the core memory speed.